Remove All Hyperlinks in Excel and Word
Ever copy and paste something from the Internet and then into Word only to get the hyperlinks embedded? You can removed them easily with the Macro below.
Hit [ALT]+[F11] to open the Visual Basic Editor
Go to “Insert” > “Module” and in the pop-up window copy:
Sub RemoveHyperlinks()
Dim oField As Field
For Each oField In ActiveDocument.Fields
If oField.Type = wdFieldHyperlink Then
oField.Unlink
End If
Next
Set oField = Nothing
End Sub
Then click “File” > Close and return to Microsoft Word
You can now run the Macro in Word by going to:
Tools > Macro > Macro and then Run “RemoveAllHyperlinks”
You can do the same in an Excel Document:
Hit [ALT]+[F11] to open the Visual Basic Editor
Go to “Insert” > “Module” and in the pop-up window copy:
Sub RemoveHyperlinks()
‘Remove all hyperlinks from the active sheet
ActiveSheet.Hyperlinks.Delete
End Sub
Then click “File” > Close and return to Microsoft Excel
You can now run the Macro in Excel by going to:
Tools > Macro > Macro and then Run “RemoveAllHyperlinks”
- Follow Katy Whitton on:
“Umm…. only one problem…. microsoft word 2007 and excel 2007, do NOT have a “”Tools”” > option !!! Or, I can not find it.
Where do I find the Tools option?”
“Here’s Microsoft’s guide to changing macro settings in Office 2007:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel/hp100969191033.aspx “
“Hey- This macro has worked for me before but now I am getting a Run Time error when I run the macro: Method ‘Delete’ of object ‘Hyperlinks’ failed
What am I doing wrong? Any thoughts?”
“A thank, thanks, and half a thank!
Times infinity plus one!
Thanks,
Duane”
“No Problem Duane!”
“Hi,
When I try to run the macro in excel, i get the message saying “”Macros have been disabled””
I am kind of new to using macros.. can you help me out here please
thank you,
Prema”
“@Prema – You need to lower your macro security level to allow you to run macros.
You can either switch it to Medium (in which case you’ll be prompted on startup whether to enable/disable the macros) or Low (macros are enabled by default, could be a safety risk). It’s up to you to choose a security level you feel comfortable with.
Change the security by going Tools > Macro > Security and selecting the proper level for your application.”
“Thanks very much buddy! saved me a ubunch of time :)”